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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2015

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE

     Introduced By: Senator Maryellen Goodwin

     Date Introduced: March 24, 2015

     Referred To: Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs

     (National Guard)

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Section 30-2-6 of the General Laws in Chapter 30-2 entitled "Organization

and Command of Military and Naval Forces" is hereby amended to read as follows:

     30-2-6. Order of militia into service. -- (a) In case of martial law, war, invasion,

rebellion, insurrection, riot, tumult, public calamity requirement for public safety reinforcement

or catastrophe, or other emergency, or imminent danger thereof, or resistance to the laws of this

state or the United States, the governor shall order into service, all or any part of the militia that

he or she may deem necessary, to serve until the exigencies shall have passed. If the occasion be

so sudden that the governor cannot be informed and his or her orders received and executed, the

adjutant general may order into service all or any part of the militia, with like powers and

authority as are herein conferred on the governor.

      (b) In the event of a request for assistance from the state of Rhode Island or an agency

thereof, the governor may order into service all or part of the militia that he or she may deem

necessary, to serve for the purposes of providing assistance and support for official state

functions, military funerals, memorials, commemoratory services or parades in or out of state or

other state activities for training.

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N   A C T

RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE

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     This act would authorize the governor to call the National Guard into service for public

safety or memorial service purposes.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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